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Breaks down USCIS policy-manual updates on 8 U.S.C. 1367 confidentiality protections and highlights what practitioners should watch in sensitive filings.
Human Rights First practice advisory describing possible bases for pretermission in immigration court and explaining how to prepare for, and respond to, motions to pretermit a client’s asylum claim. Last updated on January 23, 2026.
This practice advisory provides information about recently implemented fee increases at USCIS and EOIR. These fee increases are a result of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” also known as HR1. This advisory explores what we know and what we still don’t know about the fees, how to pay them, and potential future changes.
On July 4, President Trump signed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The Act creates a new fee regime for matters before USCIS and EOIR and for certain people apprehended by DHS. The National Immigration Project has created this chart as a reference tool for understanding the fee increases and the new fees brought by this law.
Practice advisory on framing transgender asylum claims in the current policy environment, with attention to protected grounds, evidentiary development, and country-conditions proof.
Practice alert on USCIS interviews for VAWA self-petitioners, including rollout details and practitioner reporting requests tied to field-office implementation.
In 2024, USCIS issued a new Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, with more lengthy and complicated instructions on evidence that could be included. This guide will help practitioners understand what documents naturalization applicants must submit to the USCIS to accept and adjudicate the N-400 form and when to submit each document.
This Practice Advisory is an update on the FAQs NIPNLG released in October 2023. Following advocacy by NIPNLG with USCIS concerning some unclear language in its Guidance, USCIS updated its instructions on February 12, 2024. This updated Practice Advisory incorporates and analyzes the revised instructions.
This high level practice alert on the new fee rule provides a brief summary of the key changes and some quick takes for practitioners, including who may want to wait until the new rule takes effect to file versus who should prioritize filing now. We will update our website soon with more details and resources on the fee rule.
In October 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued its T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide. The guide, published alongside updated guidance on T visas in the USCIS Policy Manual (USCIS-PM), advises law enforcement agencies on providing T visa certifications, a crucial form of evidence in T visa applications. This practice advisory gives an overview of the resource guide and how practitioners can utilize it to advocate for law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement
This practice advisory will review current practice in filing FOIA requests with DHS, including recent changes to FOIA filing with USCIS, ICE, CBP, and OBIM. Overall, DHS has been transitioning to online filing, but paper filing, including use of Form G-639, also remains an option. DHS revised the Form G-639 in November 2022. This advisory also describes the form revisions.
This practice advisory explains 1) the ways to submit a FOIA request for a client’s immigration records, or A-File, 2) provides suggestions for avoiding agency rejections of the requests, and 3) identifies issues related to the Nightingale injunction that class counsel are monitoring.